This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 38 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An appeal used to persuade someone by reason A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Reasoning. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 2. What is the purpose of parallelism in writing or speaking? A) To engage the reader or listener. B) To provide a clear structure. C) To create emphasis. D) To introduce new ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To engage the reader or listener. 3. Premise A) A statement upon which an argument is based. B) Ideas that people accept without any proof. C) The speaker's main idea or main argument. D) The circumstances that bring a text into existence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement upon which an argument is based. 4. What is the definition of a "hook" sentence? A) A sentence that draws the reader in and gets them interested about the essay. B) A grand or big statement that a lot of people find relatable. C) Additional information about the essay topic that explains the history, important people, dates, or what the topic is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sentence that draws the reader in and gets them interested about the essay. 5. A lack of conjunctions between words, phrases, sentences A) Analogy. B) Anaphora. C) Folding. D) Unrelated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unrelated. 6. A statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. ie. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Diction. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 7. Ethos is most associated with A) Love. B) Trust. C) Logic. D) Passion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trust. 8. A common expression that does not make sense if you take it literally A) Repetition. B) Idiom. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 9. Declaration of Independence:Which words emphasize how badly the British government was treating the colonies? A) "the course of human events". B) "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". C) "light and transient causes". D) "repeated injuries and usurpations". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "repeated injuries and usurpations". 10. ..... means:The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of back to back phrases A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 11. A reference to an object or person by naming only part of the object or person."She stood in the driveway watching as the beards moved her furniture into her new house." A) Conduplication. B) Metonymy. C) Silence. D) Aporia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 12. True or False:Rhetoric is the ancient art of using language to persuade. If you use it well, your audience will easily understand what you're saying, and will be influenced by your message. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. "You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?" A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 14. What is the purpose of repetition and parallelism? A) To show the similarities between two things. B) To create an image. C) To emphasize a point. D) To give an example. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize a point. 15. Which rhetorical device appeals to credibility? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. Repeat a word or phrase for clarity or emphasis A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Restatement. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 17. The process of freeing the slaves in increments as opposed to all at once A) Enfranchisement. B) Gradual Abolition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gradual Abolition. 18. PART B:Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A) "The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all."(Paragraph 2). B) "One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it." (Paragraph 4). C) "Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease." (Paragraph 4). D) "having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that Hegives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom theoffence came." (Paragraph 6). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that Hegives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom theoffence came." (Paragraph 6). 19. Commentary should always be longer than your evidence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What is ROADS A) Broad categories for rhetorical choices. B) A way to get from point A to point B. C) Ethos, logos, and pathos. D) Rats obviously avoid dangers situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broad categories for rhetorical choices. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books